Katy Jean Byrd

Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with the Rev. Calvin Harfst officiating. Burial was in Dreamland Cemetery. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.

Mrs. Byrd was born Jan. 5, 1923, in Canyon to James Clayton Black and his wife, Alice Caraway. She was the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Black, early pioneers of Randall County. She married Roy Neal Byrd Jr. on Oct. 10, 1941. Katy and Roy were high school sweethearts.

Katy was a loving mother of four sons and a daughter, Roy Neal, John, George, Jeffrey and Rebecca Kay. She was a loving and faithful wife to her husband, the Rev. Byrd, as they served churches in Nebraska, Colorado and Texas. Katy had high regard for family, education, achievement and hard work. She liked to see a job well done. She found it rewarding later in life to show her miniature schnauzers.